The stand-alone metropolitan class meeting has more than $1million in prizemoney and bonuses up for grabs and Victoria’s premier stables have responded strongly with some outstanding nominations.

The feature event the $150,000 Yalumba Golden Mile (1600m) has attracted 29 nominations, headed by Group One winner Wall Street from the Michael Moroney stable.

The most intriguing entrant is David Hayes’ United Kingdom import Jet Away which will have its first start in Australia.

A winner of six of his 16 career starts, Jet Away is a listed winner in England over 2000m and was purchased with the Caulfield and Melbourne cups in mind. Last year’s Bendigo Cup runner-up Practiced, raced by Lloyd Williams, is also in the Golden Mile nominations.

The most lucrative event on the program is the $250,000 UAM Vobis Gold Rush (1000m) for two-year-olds.

The Hayes, Danny O’Brien, Team Hawkes, John Sadler and Matthew Ellerton and Simon Zahra stables all have juveniles entered for the race.

The $150,000 First Light Racing Bendigo Guineas (1400m) could well be the best form race going forward.

The in-form Peter Snowden-trained Complicate, Crystal Web, trained by Ellerton and Zahra, Road Trippin, trained by Stephen Theodore, and Ninth Legion for Team Hawkes head a highly-talented group of three-year-olds in the Guineas.

Talented Bendigo filly Hai Lil, trained by Allen Browell, will chase her third-straight win if she lines up in the Guineas.

The promising Grand Emporer will line up in the Bendigo Guineas after running unplaced in the Australian Guineas last start.

Grand Emperor won in Adelaide last June and scored a city win in Melbourne two starts ago on Blue Diamond Stakes day at Caulfield.